News Warner Music Group stock slides 9.7% in two days as Bank Of America cuts rating… but WMG is still worth over $25bn Jessica Reif Cohen and Bank of America are pessimistic over future growth for Warner's valuation
News CTM Outlander buys music rights from Grammy-winning songwriter Natalie Hemby Catalog consists of 189 released songs
News Universal Music Group targets ‘name and likeness’ acquisitions in partnership with Authentic Brands Group UMG challenges Primary Wave et al with new acquisitive partnership
News Hipgnosis Songs Fund share price hits all-time high on London Stock Exchange Merck Mercuriadis' company is worth 22.87% more than it was when it hit the stock exchange in 2018
News Spotify acquires Findaway to ‘revolutionize the audiobook space’ Findaway will continue to be led by Founder & CEO Mitch Kroll
News Priya Dewan upped to VP, International Marketing, Asia Pacific and MD, Southeast Asia and Korea at The Orchard New position marks the company’s first Pan-Asian management role
Blog ‘The next 10 years in music hold a wealth of opportunity, but only if copyright, revenue collection and distribution catch up.’ Utopia COO Roberto Neri puts forward his case for an overhaul of how music creators earn and receive money
News Music’s rosy fitness story hits a speedbump, as Peloton reduces annual revenue forecast Company reduces annual forecast by up to $1 billion
News Media giant GMM Grammy partners with Tuned Global to launch Thailand’s first localized streaming app Plern expects to attract 5m monthly active users within first year
News Reservoir’s revenues grew 45% to $30.4m in calendar Q3 “We continued to build strong momentum in our second fiscal quarter, as we drove double digit growth across all of our key performance metrics,” said Golnar Khosrowshahi, Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Reservoir
News Young Thug inks global publishing deal with Kobalt Deal includes publishing administration for all of Young Thug’s catalog and future songs
News Downtown Music Services makes raft of US senior promotions Kasey Fries, Geoff Halliday, Bryan Mooney and Ray Tapia promoted
Interviews ‘The best songs come from a real experience.’ Grammy-nominated songwriter Henry discusses his creative process, selling catalogs and much more besides
News Deezer strikes long-term strategic partnership with German broadcaster RTL RTL+ customers will be able to access Deezer’s premium features and recommended content
News Lionel Richie inks exclusive global deal with Universal Music Publishing Group Richie has sold more than 125 million albums worldwide